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KEMP, THOMAS READ, younger but only surviving son of Thomas Kemp MP, Lewes, Sussex, wool-stapler, and Anne, dau. of Henry Read, Brookland, Kent; b. 1782; adm. 31 Mar 1796 (Clapham); in school list 1797; left Christmas 1797 (?); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. 5 Nov 1800; BA 1805; MA 1810; adm. Middle Temple 16 May 1804; MP Lewes 10 May 1811 – Mar 1816, Arundel 21 Feb 1823-6, Lewes 1826 – Apr 1837; the developer of the Kemp Town suburb of Brighton; m. 1st, 12 Jul 1806 Frances, fourth dau. of Sir Francis Baring, Bart. MP; m. 2nd, 26 Nov 1832 Frances Margaretta, widow of Vigors Harvey, Killaine Castle, co. Wexford, and dau. of Charles William John Shakerley (qv); d. at Paris 20 Dec 1846. DNB.

JONES-PARRY, SIR LOVE PARRY, eldest son of Thomas Parry Jones, Llwynon, Denbighshire, and his cousin Margaret, dau. of Love Parry, Penarth, Caernarvonshire; b. 28 Nov 1781; adm.; at school 1791 (Clapham); KS 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1799, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799; BA 1803; MA 1811; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 May 1802; assumed additional surname of Parry 28 Nov 1802; Ensign, 81st Foot Apr 1794; Lieut., 15 Oct 1794; Capt., 30 Oct 1794; 86th Foot, half-pay 1795-1803; Maj., 90th Foot 28 Aug 1804; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 4 Jun 1811; Maj., 103rd Foot 5 Sep 1811; Col., 27 May 1825; Maj. -Gen., 10 Jan 1837; Lieut. -Gen., 9 Nov 1846; commanded a brigade on the Canadian frontier 1812-4 and had a horse shot under him at the battle of Lundy’s Lane; MP (Whig) Horsham 20 Jun 1807 – 26 Feb 1808, Caernarvon Boroughs 1835-7; knighted 1835; KH 1836; High Sheriff, Anglesey 1840; chairman, Caernarvonshire QS; m. 1st, 1806 Sophia, only dau. of Robert Stevenson, Binfield, Berks., banker; m. 2nd, 15 Dec 1826 Elizabeth, only dau. of Thomas Caldecott (formerly Reid), Holton Lodge, Lincs.; d. 23 Jan 1853. DNB.

JERVIS, SIR JOHN, third son of Thomas Jervis QC MP, Second Justice of Chester, and Mary Ann, eldest dau. of Oliver Dixon, Red Hill, Old Swinford, Worcs., barrister, Bencher Gray’s Inn; b. 12 Jan 1802; adm. 18 Sep 1815 (G); left 3 Dec 1818; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Feb 1819, matr. 13 Nov 1819; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jan 1819, called to bar 6 Feb 1824, Bencher 21 Apr 1837, Treasurer 1846; member, Oxford and Chester circuits; patent of precedence 1837; MP (Whig) Chester 1832 – Jul 1850; Solicitor-Gen., 4-7 Jul 1846, Attorney-Gen., 7 Jul 1846 – Jul 1850; knighted 1 Aug 1846; President of Commission for enquiring into systems of pleading in the Common Law Courts 13 May 1850; Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (and Serjeant-at-Law) from 16 Jul 1850; Privy Councillor 14 Aug 1850; as Attorney-Gen. introduced the 1846 Acts relating to Justices of the Peace, known by his name; one of orinators of, and contributor to, The Jurist; joint editor of two sets of Exchequer Reports; author, Practical Treatise on the Office and Duties of Coroners, 1829, and other works; m. 3 Nov 1823 Catherine Jane, sister of Walter Garcia Mundell (qv); d. 1 Nov 1856. DNB.

JEPHSON, WILLIAM, second son of William Jephson, Froyle, Hampshire; b.; at school in 1657; KS 1663; adm. Middle Temple 8 May 1665, called to bar 9 May 1673; MP East Grinstead Oct 1679 – Jan 1681, Chipping Wycombe from 1689; Private Secretary to William III Nov 1688-Jul 1689; Secretary to the Treasury from Apr 1689; m. c. 1674 Mary, dau. of William Lewis MP, The Van, Glamorgan; d. 7 Jun 1691.

JAMES, WALTER CHARLES, 1ST BARON NORTHBOURNE, only son of John James, HBM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Netherlands, and Lady Emily Jane Stewart, dau. of Robert Stewart, 1st Marquis of Londonderry; b. 3 Jun 1816; adm. 24 May 1826 (recorded as Packharness', likely Stelfox's); succ. grandfather as 2nd baronet 8 Oct 1829; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1833; BA 1836; MA 1840; MP (Cons) Kingston upon Hull 1837-47; DL JP Kent, High Sheriff 1855; created Baron Northbourne 5 Nov 1884; took Liberal whip in House of Lords; Trustee, National Gallery; a personal friend and political follower of Gladstone; m. 17 Apr 1841 Sarah Catherine, youngest dau. of Cuthbert Ellison MP, Hebburn Hall, Durham; d. 4 Feb 1893.

INGRAM, CHARLES, 9th VISCOUNT IRVINE (S), seventh son of Hon. Charles Ingram MP, Adjutant-Gen. of the Forces, and Elizabeth, widow of Francis Brace, Biddenham, Bucks., and dau. of Charles Scarburgh, Windsor, Berks., Clerk of the Board of Green Cloth; b. 19 Mar 1726/7; adm. Jan. 1736/7 (Bourne's); left 1743; MP Horsham 1747 – 14 Apr 1763; Groom of the Bedchamber to George III as Prince of Wales 1756-60; succeeded uncle as 9th Viscount Irvine (S) 14 Apr 1763; a Scottish Representative Peer from 1768; lic. to m. 28 Jun 1758 Frances Gibson, commonly called Shepheard, Scotland Yard, Whitehall, natural dau. of Samuel Shepheard MP, Exning, Suffolk; d. 19 Jun 1778.

HURST, ROBERT HENRY, only son of Robert Henry Hurst (b. 1788, qv); b. 1 Jun 1817; adm. 8 Apr 1831 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 May 1836, matr. Mich. 1836; 25th Wrangler 1840; BA 1840; MA 1843; adm. Middle Temple 29 May 1835, called to bar 25 Nov 1842; South-Eastern Circuit; Recorder of Hastings and Rye from 8 Feb 1863; MP Horsham 1865-8, May 1869-74, Dec 1875 – Feb 1876; Chairman, West Sussex Quarter Sessions; of Horsham Park, Sussex, and Barrington Grove, Burford, Oxfordshire; DL JP Sussex, JP Oxfordshire; m. 28 Apr 1859 Matilda Jane, eldest dau. of James Scott, Rusper, Sussex; d. 12 Feb 1905.

HUNT, SIR FREDERICK SEAGER, BART., eldest son of James Edward Hunt, Clapham Common, Surrey, railway contractor, and Eliza, sister of Thomas Whittaker Seager (qv); b. 27 Apr 1838; adm. 22 Sep 1848 (G); left 1853; went out to India, where he remained until 1859; succeeded to business of Seager Evans & Co, distillers, Millbank, on death of grandfather; chairman, Earle’s Shipbuilding Co.; contested (Cons) Marylebone 1880; MP (Cons) Marylebone West 1885-95, Maidstone 1895-8; created baronet 13 Oct 1892; DL co. London; m. 29 Oct 1867 his cousin Alice Harriet, dau. of Alfred Hunt, Hannover, Germany; d. 21 Jan 1904.

HUMBERSTON, PHILIP STAPLETON, only son of Philip Stapleton Humberston, Chester, and Catherine, dau. of George Cotton (qv); b. 17 Aug 1814; adm. 18 Jan 1827 (G); Mayor, Chester 1858; MP Chester 1859-65; DL Cheshire, JP Cheshire 1859, High Sheriff 1878; DL Denbighshire, JP Denbighshire 1869; member council, Royal Agricultural Society; m. 29 Oct 1840 Elizabeth Henrietta, dau. of Henry Robert Hughes, Kinmel Park, Denbighshire; d. 16 Jan 1891.

HOWARD, HON. FULKE GREVILLE, second son of Clotworthy Upton, 1st Baron Templetown (I), and Elizabeth, dau. of Shuckburgh Boughton, Poston Court, Herefs.; b. 3 Apr 1773; adm. 13 Jun 1786; KS 1787; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1791, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1791; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Apr 1793; Lieut. and Capt., 15 Oct 1794; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 16 Apr 1804; Lieut. -Col., 7th West India Regt. 21 May 1807; 9th Garrison Battn., half-pay 16 Jul 1807; Brevet Col., 4 Jun 1813; retd. 1825; served in Netherlands; ADC to Duke of York; MP Castle Rising 29 Jan 1808-32; assumed surname of Howard in lieu of Upton 6 Aug 1807; his marriage eventually brought him the estates of Richard Howard (qv); m. 7 Jul 1807 Mary, only surviving child of Richard Howard (qv); d. 4 Mar 1846.